It might be a rainy day, but that didn't stop 17 GoodGymer's arriving at Norwich Foodbank.

Norwich foodbank supports local individuals and families through the provision of emergency food supplies. Nutritionally balanced emergency foodboxes can cover an individual or family’s basic needs for 72 hours: the critical time gap before other support services kick in.

Tonight there were a range of tasks. - Unpacking and organising cartons of milk, hot dogs & 'Savers' tomatoes into crakes. - Labelling and moving crates around the warehouse. - Checking dates and weighing items ready to be packed into food parcels.

Always a popular task, and great to see the 'before' and 'after' amounts achieved in an hour! Shout out to Robert for completing his first GoodGym session!

Good news - we will be returning again next month for more warehouse Jenga.

There's something strange in the neighbourhood...

Sadly the Mile Cross area of Norwich has a high amount of fly tipping and litter. To combat this, the Mile Cross Litterbusters formed to try and tackle some of the worst hit areas. They regularly meet on weekends, but were happy to connect with GoodGym for a first ever evening litter pick.

6 GoodGymer's ran or walked 4km to Wensum park, where we met Rebecca who had handed out the equipment, instructions and hi-vis. We read through the health & safety, and set off in pairs armed with grabbers & bin trolleys.

Keeping an eye out for any hazards, we covered a large area of roads around the park and local shops. The most surprising find was a discarded kettle!

An hour flew by, and in total 7 bags were filled - ready to be collected by the council in the morning. We even received a certificate for our efforts! It was very rewarding task, superbly organised by Rebecca & her team.

it was cold this morning even though the sun was out. 373 people including tourists from Poole & Poland and 4 first time parkrunners attended.

Tonights we were given 120 Daffodil bulbs to plant at Catton Grove Community Centre. 9 GoodGymer's ran 6km to the venue as the sun was setting, and met Linda who provided the tools.

Listening to the sounds of Zumba coming from indoors, we spread out to plant the bulbs. We were also able cut back some of the bushes and clear away weeds around the entrance.

Ah hour flew by and the task was complete. Massive Kudos to Elizabeth who achieved her 500th Parkrun Volunteer session at the weekend! And High Five to Ben for his 10th Good Deed tonight.